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KEY CONCEPT
Organisms can be classified based on physical
similarities.
Unit 6: Classification and Diversity
Linnaeus developed the scientific naming system still
used today.
• Taxonomy is the science of naming and classifying
organisms.
White oak:
Quercus alba
cladogram
– more closely
FEATHERS &
related species TOOTHLESS
BEAKS.
DERIVED CHARACTER
Unit 6: Classification and Diversity
• Nodes represent
the most recent CLADE
2 Amniota clade
of a clade. 3 Reptilia clade
4 Diapsida clade
5 Archosauria clade
• Clades can be
identified by
snipping a branch FEATHERS AND
TOOTHLESS
BEAKS.
under a node. SKULL OPENINGS IN
FRONT OF THE EYE AND
IN THE JAW
DERIVED CHARACTER
Unit 6: Classification and Diversity
Molecular evidence reveals species’ relatedness.
• Molecular data may confirm classification based on
physical similarities.
• Molecular data may lead scientists to propose a new
classification.
Mutations add up at a fairly Ten million years later— Another ten million years later—
constant rate in the DNA of one mutation in each lineage one more mutation in each lineage
species that evolved from a
common ancestor.
child
Nuclear DNA is inherited from both
parents, making it more difficult to
trace back through generations.
Unit 6: Classification and Diversity
between “species”
– more research
needed to
understand
prokaryotes